USWNT eliminated from World Cup by Sweden in heartbreaking finish. I love when teams representing the USA do well. But this time I felt no disappointment because too many of their team showed public display of disrespect for the country they represent.
I can’t tell if all young people want viable public transport and bike infrastructure OR if I’m in a left wing echo chamber.
Either way, what do I have to do for America to build some trains?
@RyChristophers @gspeng@sam_d_1995 Can confirm. If you have decent gloves and boots, it’s a lot warmer than you’d think. Biking 5 miles in 10 degree weather is only dangerous because cars don’t expect you
@gspeng @RyChristophers @sam_d_1995 Respect! I biked year round in northern minnesota for undergrad and people thought I was certified insane (or on meth?!). Parking was $300 a semester, so it’s only rational
@YIMBYLAND I bought a house a few years ago in a great area (Duluth, MN) and I WISH a developer would come to me with a proposal to build condos. YIMBY IF I CAN GET A DEAL ON ONE PLS.
I’m only a nimby when it comes to parking. Get that car-centered-sprawl away from me
@NationalNurses@ninaturner The fact that health care is offered almost exclusively through an employer means poor people can’t quit working to pursue a dream or business idea.
I think it’s one of the biggest things that holds the poorest half of our country in poverty
@leighfinke It’s glaringly obvious how little these people know about BEING transgender.
For whatever reason, the GOP can’t get away from vilifying what must be the least scary group of people on the planet. I’ve never met a trans person that lacks kindness
@DunbarJazzyred@MariaIsa I sort of wrestle with the idea that these situations are never really under control.
How can we expect human beings, with thoughts and fears, to act with calm logic when they’re in this sort of situation? The driver and the cops would be terrified and irrational. I would be
We throw away tons of plastic every day, so why hasn’t anybody turned it into fake arctic sea ice? How hard can it be to melt the plastic into floating rafts, paint em white, and give the polar bears what they need?
Let’s reflect some sunlight back already